[Ads-l] "casualty"

[Laurence Horn]

Might be related facts. If they're using "casualties", a kind of concord
dictates an opposition with "injuries" or another plural count noun, while
"wounded" resonates better with "killed".

LH

On Sat, Mar 5, 2022 at 10:49 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Quora.com:
>
> "In 6 weeks [in Iraq]  the US accomplished its goal. In total, the US
> coalition suffered 196 casualties and 551 injuries."
>
> I've also noticed for several years that cable news types usually say
> people were "injured" in shootings or firefights, not "wounded."  Minor,
> but curious.
>
> JL
>
> JL
>
> On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 6:31 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > James Gagliano, former FBI Special Agent, on CNN a moment ago:
> >
> > "Thankfully there were [only] three injuries in this, but no casualties.
> > Nobody was killed during this blast."
> >
> > JL
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 12:08 PM Jonathan Lighter <
> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Of course he said "fifty-three" hospitalized.
> >>
> >> JL
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> >> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > The mayor of Orlando officially announces "fifty casualties and
> >> > forty-three hospitalized."
> >> >
> >> > A few minutes later a CNN anchor describes the crime as "grievious."
> >> >
> >> > And just after that, a former CIA officer analyzes the situation
> >> > "from an intelligence optic."
> >> >
> >> > JL
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:06 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> ---------------------- Information from the mail header
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> >> >> Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> >> >> Poster:       Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
> >> >> Subject:      Re: "casualty"
> >> >>
> >>
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> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
> >> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> wounded in action
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> A.K.A. "WIA." I wonder WTF happened to "KIA" - "killed in action" -
> >> such
> >> >> that a foreign company can sell tens of thousands of cars bearing the
> >> >> marque, "KIA," with no problem?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> -Wilson
> >> >> -----
> >> >> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
> to
> >> >> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> >> >> -Mark Twain
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